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Hannah Reitzel Rivera
AAGS President
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: North & West Mexican Archaeology, Exchange, Regional Interaction Systems,
    Political Economy, Pottery Sourcing & Production Studies, Metallurgy & Metallographic Studies,
    Development of Urbanism, Style & Social Boundaries
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology ('07, B.S., Materials Science &
     Engineering, Archaeology)
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina

Sidney Rempel
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Near Eastern Bronze Age Complex Societies, Regional Settlement Patterns and
    Culture Contact, Remote Sensing and GIS in Archaeological Applications
Committee: Steve Falconer (Chair), Geoffrey Clark, Barbara Stark, Stephen Savage
Undergraduate Institution: University of Saskatchewan

Terry Ritzman
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Craniofacial Growth and Development, Modern Human Origins 
Committee: Gary Schwartz (Chair), Mark Spencer, William Kimbel
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
Hometown: Rockford, Illinois
Institute of Human Origins Student Profile 
Personal Web Page

Heather Roberto
Approach: Global Health
Research Interests: Women's Health, International Health and Development, Sustainability
Committee: Dan Hruschka
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: Miami University; University of Michigan
Hometown: Aurora, Ohio

Christopher Roberts
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Archaeology of Europe, Social Theory, Art, Old English Literature, Anglo-Saxon Culture
Committee: Michelle Hegmon (Chair), Rachel Scott, Sander van der Leeuw, Robert Bjork
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institution: University of Saskatchewan; University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Hometown: Saskatoon, Canada
Personal Web Page

Dolma Roder
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: South Asia, Himalayas, Development, Museums, Gender, Education
Committee: James Eder (Chair), Hjorleifur Jonsson, Teresa McCarty
Undergraduate Institution: University of Melbourne

Isa Rodriguez-Soto
Approach: Global Health
Undergraduate Institution: University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez

Michael "Miguel" Rolland
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Cultural Forms of Communal Violence (Mesoamerica), Indigenous Identity (Mexico, Chiapas, the Maya Tzotzil
     Chamula), Mimetic Rivalry, Religion, Catholic Church
Committee: John Chance (Chair), James Eder, Hjorleifur Jonsson
Undergraduate Institution: St. Meinrad College

Will Russell
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Southwestern Archaeology, Identity, Migration, Iconography
Committee: Margaret C. Nelson (Chair), Michelle Hegmon, Katherine Spielmann
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University
Hometown: Cochise County, Arizona
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Ford Foundation Fellowship

Alissa Ruth
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Migration, 2nd-Generation Immigrants, Human Rights, Citizenship, Latin America
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), Amber Wutich, Doris Marie Provine
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: University of Florida; Arizona State University
Hometown: Prescott Valley, Arizona 

Brooke Sadler
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Genetic Basis of Susceptibility & Resistence to Helminth Infection in Hunter-Gatherer
    Populations of Latin America, Evolution of the Th2 Immune Response, Human-Parasite Coevolution
Committee: Ana Magdalena Hurtado (Chair), Gerardo Chowell-Puente, Brian Verrelli
Undergraduate Institution: George Washington University
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Kehinde Salau
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interests: Analysis of Predator-Prey Systems in Social and Ecological Frameworks through
     Mathematical Theory and Simulation, Dynamical Systems
Committee: Marco Janssen (Chair), Eli Fenichel, J. Marty Anderies, Joshua Abbott
Undergraduate Institution: St. Mary's College of Maryland
Hometown: Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Emily Schach
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Committee: Kelly Knudson (Co-Chair), Christopher Carr (Co-Chair), Jane Buikstra
Undergraduate Institution: North Carolina State University
 

William Schaffer
AAGS Co-Treasurer
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Research Interests: Skeletal and Craniofacial Biomechanics; Spatial & Temporal Variation in Human Body
    Size, Shape, & Limb Proportions; Biological Distance & Population Genetics
Committee: Christopher Stojanowski (Chair)
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: University of Massachusetts – Boston; University of Arkansas
Hometown: Lakeland, Florida

Steven Schmich
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Philosophy, Late Glacial Europe
Committee: C. Michael Barton (Co-Chair), Geoffrey Clark (Co-Chair), M. Jochim, Hamdallah Bearat

Benjamin Schoville
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: African Stone Age, Zooarchaeology, Taphonomy, Lithic Analysis, Geometric
     Morphometrics, Hunter-Gatherer Ecology, Harvester Ants
Committee: Curtis Marean (Chair)
Undergraduate Institution: Colorado State University
Hometown: Fairplay, Colorado 
Personal Web Page
South Africa Notes from the Field blog

Caitlin Schrein
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Craniofacial Adaptation in Anthropoid Primates, Skull Form & Function in Miocene
    Hominoidea, Finite Element Modeling, Anthropology Education Research: Teaching Human Evolution
Committee: Don Johanson (Co-Chair), Richard Toon (Co-Chair), Debi Molina-Walters, Ed Hackett
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Hometown: River Vale, New Jersey
2010-11 Graduate and Professional Student Association Continuing Excellence in Teaching Award

Jeremiah Scott
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Systematics, Biological Variation
Committee: William Kimbel (Chair), Mark Spencer, Gary Schwartz

Andrew Seidel
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Committee: Christopher Carr (Chair), Jane Buikstra, Miguel Aguilera
Undergraduate Institution: Oberlin College

Amy Shapiro
AAGS Physical Anthropology Approach Representative
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Paleoecology of Africa, Primate Evolution, Mammal Communities,
     Paleoanthropology
Committee: Kaye Reed (Chair), Curtis Marean, Gary Schwartz
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut
Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship
Institute of Human Origins: Notes from the Field blog

Paul Shockey
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Technological Decisions & Changes, Environmental Interaction, Landscape Dynamics,
    Ceramic Analysis
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: Montana State University; Arizona State University
Hometown: Polson, Montana

Sveinn Sigurdsson
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Applied Medical Anthropology, Healthcare Systems, Medical Pluralism
Committee: Alexandra Brewis Slade (Chair), Amber Wutich, Jonathan Maupin
Undergraduate Institution: Lawrence University
Hometown: Grindavik, Iceland

Adrian Smith
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interests: Applied Dynamics and Mathematical Neurosciences (Dynamics, Neural 
       Mechanisms and Biophysical Models of Phase Precession in the Hippocampus)
Committee: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Marco Herrera-Valdez
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington
Hometown: Farmington, New Mexico

Claire Smith
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Migration, Transnationalism, Ethnic Identity, Assimilation, Nationalism, 1.5- & Second-Generation Migrants,
    Globalization, Mexico, Latin America, U.S.
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), John Chance, James Eder
Undergraduate Institution: Colorado College
Hometown: Fayetteville, Arkansas

Skaidra Smith-Heisters
Approach: Environmental Social Science
Research Interests: Environmental Policy, Political Economy, Voluntarism, Institutional Analysis
Undergraduate Institution: University of California – Davis
Hometown: Santa Rosa, California

Edme Lezin Avit Soho
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interests: Mathematical Biology, Neglected Tropical Diseases & Immune Response, In Host-Pathogens Interaction & Spread of
    Diseases, Exogenous & Endogenous Interaction
Committee: Stephan Wirkus (Chair; Université Nationale du Bénin), Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Marco Herrera-Valdez
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: Université Nationale du Bénin; Montclair State University
Hometown: New Jersey

Fonvunjuntr Srijuntr
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Cultural Identity, Local/National Interaction, Symbol Anthropology
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), Thomas Hudak, James Eder
Undergraduate Institution: Thammasat University 

Rhian Stotts
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean, Long Distance Trade Networks, Ceramic
     Analysis
Undergraduate Institution: College of Wooster
Hometown: Worthington, Ohio
Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship; ASOR Platt Fellowship

 
Colleen Strawhacker
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Irrigation Agriculture, Human Impacts on the Environment, Historical Ecology,
    Transitions from Subsistence to Colonial Economies, Interdisciplinary Education, American Southwest,
    Latin America
Committee: Katherine Spielmann (Chair), Margaret C. Nelson, David Abbott, Sharon Hall, Jonathan
    Sandor (Iowa State University)
Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; IGERT Fellow in Urban Ecology
Personal Web Page 

Sarah Striker
AAGS Vice President
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Northeastern U.S. Archaeology, Conflict & Captives in Small-Scale Societies,
    Community Outreach & Education
Committee: Katherine Spielmann (Chair)
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Laura Stroik
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Early Primate Paleobiology, Paleogene Mammalian Communities, Sexual Dimorphism, Phylogenetics
Committee: Gary Schwartz (Chair), Kaye Reed, Mark Spencer, Gregg Gunnell  
Undergraduate Institution: University of San Diego

Ilyssa Summer
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interests: Human Evolution and Mathematics
Committee: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Marco Herrera-Valdez
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University
Hometown: New York, New York

Laura Swantek
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Prehistoric Cyprus & the Near East, Social Organization of the Prehistoric Bronze Age,
    Ground Stone Technologies, Subsistence Practices, Household Economy
Committee: C. Michael Barton (Chair), Katherine Spielmann, Nancy Serwint
Undergraduate Institution: State University of New York – Albany

Shaquetta Shamika Tatum
Approach: Applied Math 

David Tello
Approach: Applied Math

Erin Thompson
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Lithics Analysis, GIS, African Stone Age
Committee: Curtis Marean (Chair), Kaye Reed, John Shea (State University of New York – Stony Brook)
Undergraduate Institution: State University of New York – Stony Brook 

Mason Scott Thompson
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Complex Societies, Chiefdoms, Mississippian Archaeology
Committee: Jane Buikstra (Chair), Lynne Goldstein, David Abbott, Keith Kintigh
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University

Griselle Torres-Garcia
Approach: Applied Math

Andrea Torvinen
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Northwest Mexico, Exchange, Ceramic Petrography, Ritual Economy
Committee: Ben Nelson (Chair), David Abbott, Barbara Stark, Roberto Molina Garza (Universidad Nacional
    Autónoma de México)
Undergraduate Institution: Albion College
Hometown: Royal Oak, Michigan
Doctoral Enrichment Fellowship

"Dean" Tun Lin Moe
Approach: Environmental Social Science
Research Interests: Environmental Hazards and Vulnerability
Committee: Bob Bolin
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: Yezin Agricultural University (B.Ag., Agriculture); Cornell
    University (M.P.S., International Development); Pennsylvania State University (M.P.A., Public Policy);
    The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (M.A., Business Management); National Institute
    of Development Administration – Thailand (Ph.D., Development Administration)
Hometown: Burma
 

Isaac I. Ullah
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of the Levant, the Archaeology of Nomadic Pastoralism,
     GIS Applications, Remote Sensing Applications, Computer Modeling, Geoarchaeology, Spatial Analysis 
Committee: C. Michael Barton (Chair), Geoffrey Clark, Ramon Arrowsmith, Ted Banning (University of
    Toronto) 
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: University of California – Davis; University of Toronto
Hometown: San Francisco, California 
Personal Web Page
Dean's Advanced Scholarship; RA, Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics Project  

Amanda VanSteelandt
AAGS Global Health Representative
Approach: Global Health
Research Interests: Infectious Diseases, Cultural Models of Health and Disease, Social Practices that 
     Help or Hinder the Spread of Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistence, Evolutionary Health Sciences
Committee: Magdalena Hurtado (Chair), Anne Stone, Daniel Hruschka, Antonieta Rojas de Arias 
Undergraduate Institution: University of Calgary, Canada
Personal Web Page

Jose M. Vega
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interests: Differential Equations, Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Epidemiology, Math
    Education
Undergraduate Institution: Universidad de Puerto Rico – Cayey
Hometown: Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico

Chris Watkins
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Organization of Production and Exchange, Ceramics, Southwestern Archaeology,
     Archaeometry
Committee: David Abbott (Chair), Katherine Spielmann, Barbara Stark
Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University
Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona

Ramsi K. Watkins
Approach: Environment, Technology & Society
Research Interests: Gender and Identity, Ethnography of American Belly Dancers
Committee: Bob Bolin (Chair), Michelle Hegmon, Peter Welsh, Gwyneira Isaac
Undergraduate Institution: Missouri State University – Springfield

Joshua Watts
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Southwest Archaeology (especially South and Southeast Arizona)
Committee: David Abbott (Chair), Marco Janssen, Sander van der Leeuw, C. Michael Barton

Douglas White
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Identity, Performance, Popular Culture, Borderlands
Committee: Hjorleifur Jonsson (Chair), John Chance, James Eder, Alvarez

Deborah Williams
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Place, Southwestern Indigenous Groups, Religion, Cosmology & Worldview, Cultural
    Preservation
Committee: Elizabeth Brandt (chair), Peter Welsh, Christopher Carr, Steven Semken, Miguel Aguilera 
Undergraduate Institution: University of Kansas
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona

Hope M. Williams
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Archaeological Chemistry/Isotope Geochemistry, Method Development and "Non-
    Traditional" Isotope Systems, the African Middle Stone Age (MSA), Paleoenvironmental
    Reconstruction, Isotopic Ecology of Later Pleistocene Homo, the Origins of "Modern" Behavior"
Committee: Curtis Marean (Chair), Kaye Reed, Kelly Knudson
Undergraduate/Other Institutions: American University, George Washington University
Hometown: Syracuse, New York

Nathan Wilson
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Gulf Coast, Household Production and Subsistence, Urban-Rural Interaction, Regional Political
     Economy, Exchange Networks
Committee: Barbara Stark (Chair), Michael Smith, Keith Kintigh
Undergraduate Institution: University of Oregon
Hometown: Morro Bay, California

Michael Woodson
Approach: Archaeology
Committee: Keith Kintigh (Chair), Charles Redman, John Ravesloot, Katherine Spielmann, Robert Hunt

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